Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA Novel Page Ranking Algorithm for a Personalized Web SearchJ. Jayanthi, K. S. JayakumarProblem statement: Information on the web is growing exponentially. Today, traditional search engines provide results mainly based on the user’s query. Though the context of the query varies, the returned result seems to be same for all users. Accordingly users are expected to search for the relevant results, which is an added overhead to the users. Approach: We propose a … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 8, Issue 7 · 12 May 2012 · 6,995 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractMedical Image Classification Using Genetic Optimized Elman NetworkT. Baranidharan, D. K. GhoshProblem statement: Advancements in the internet and digital images have resulted in a huge database of images. Most of the current search engines found in the web depends only on images that can be retrieved using metadata, which generates a lot of unwanted results in the results got. Content-Based Image Retrieval (CBIR) system is the utilization of computer vision techniques … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 9, Issue 1 · 24 Nov 2011 · 7,717 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractFirst Token Algorithm for Searching Compound Terms Using Thesaurus DatabaseYousef Abuzir, Thabit SabbahProblem statement: Searching text materials is the one of the most important operations that carried out by search engines either on web or desktop applications, searching algorithms are required sometimes to find a specific word into a text, others to find a multi word term (pattern matching) into a text. Searching for term into a thesaurus database can be carried … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 8, Issue 1 · 28 Oct 2011 · 7,946 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractUse of Palm oil Biodiesel Blends as a Fuel for Compression Ignition EngineB. Deepanraj, C. Dhanesh, R. Senthil et al.Problem statement: The increasing awareness of the environmental hazards and the alarming levels of air pollution have led to more restrictive regulations on engines emission control in recent years. Approach: The dwindling resources and rising cost of crude oil had resulted in an intensified search for alternate fuels. In the present study biodiesel (palm oil methyl ester) blends with diesel … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 8, Issue 11 · 7 Oct 2011 · 8,216 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractQArabPro: A Rule Based Question Answering System for Reading Comprehension Tests in ArabicMohammed Akour, Sameer Abufardeh, Kenneth Magel, Qasem Al-RadaidehProblem statement: Extensive research efforts in the area of Natural Language Processing (NLP) were focused on developing reading comprehension Question Answering systems (QA) for Latin based languages such as, English, French and German. Approach: However, little effort was directed towards the development of such systems for bidirectional languages such as Arabic, Urdu and Farsi. In general, QA systems are more … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 8, Issue 6 · 14 Jun 2011 · 7,701 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractContext Disambiguation Based Semantic Web Search for Effective Information RetrievalM. Barathi, S. ValliProblem statement: Search queries are short and ambiguous and are insufficient for specifying precise user needs. To overcome this problem, some search engines suggest terms that are semantically related to the submitted queries, so that users can choose from the suggestions based on their information needs. Approach: In this study, we introduce an effective approach that captures the user’s specific … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 7, Issue 4 · 4 Apr 2011 · 6,879 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractWeb Structure Mining: Exploring Hyperlinks and Algorithms for Information RetrievalP. Ravi Kumar, Ashutosh Kumar SinghProblem statement: A study on hyperlink analysis and the algorithms used for link analysis in the Web Information retrieval was done. Approach: This research was initiated because of the dependability of search engines for information retrieval in the web. Understand the web structure mining and determine the importance of hyperlink in web information retrieval particularly using the Google Search engine. … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 7, Issue 6 · 30 Jun 2010 · 9,055 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractPRESY: A Context Based Query Reformulation Tool for Information Retrieval on the WebAbdelkrim Bouramoul, Mohamed-Khireddine Kholladi, Bich-Lien DoanProblem statement: The huge number of information on the web as well as the growth of new inexperienced users creates new challenges for information retrieval. It has become increasingly difficult for these users to find relevant documents that satisfy their individual needs. Certainly the current search engines (such as Google, Bing and Yahoo) offer an efficient way to browse the … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 6, Issue 4 · 30 Apr 2010 · 7,666 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAntioxidant Research in Asia in the Period from 2000-2008R. R. Hafidh, A. S. Abdulamir, F. Abu Bakar et al.Problem statement: Plant antioxidants are natural plant products that inhibit the adverse effects of the Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) produced in plants. Thus, antioxidants enable plants to survive. Depending on this principle, human beings started using some plants’ parts to cure from diseases many centuries ago, even before the discovery of microbes or disclosing the etiology of many human diseases. … …American Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Vol. 4, Issue 3 · 30 Sep 2009 · 8,278 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractInformation Extraction from Hypertext Mark-Up Language Web PagesMahmoud Shaker, Hamidah Ibrahim, Aida Mustapha, Lili Nurliyana AbdullahProblems statement: Nowadays, many users use web search engines to find and gather information. User faces an increasing amount of various HTML information sources. The issue of correlating, integrating and presenting related information to users becomes important. When a user uses a search engine such as Yahoo and Google to seek specific information, the results are not only information about … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 5, Issue 8 · 31 Aug 2009 · 7,150 accessesView PDFCite